{"product_id":"letters-around-a-garden-hardcover","title":"Letters Around a Garden - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRainer Maria Rilke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWill Stone\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eWill Stone\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intimate glimpse into the life and letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the most important poets of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In July 1921, displaced European poet Rainer Maria Rilke sequestered himself in the chateau of Muzot, a thirteenth-century medieval tower perched in the vineyards above the town of Sierre in the Canton Valais, Switzerland. In this sun-flooded landscape of the Rhone Valley, he found beguiling echoes of Spain and his beloved Provence. Here, the \u003ci\u003eDuino Elegies\u003c\/i\u003e were famously completed and the \u003ci\u003eSonnets to Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e followed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During this time, Rilke's correspondence also bloomed, and \u003ci\u003eLetters around a Garden\u003c\/i\u003e collects some of those letters together into English for the first time. One intriguing exchange from 1924 to 1926 was with a young aristocratic Swiss woman Antoinette de Bonstetten, a passionate horticulturist who had been recommended as a potential advisor for the redesign and upkeep of the Muzot rose garden. In twenty-two precious letters originally written in French, Rilke relishes the prospect of their elusive meeting, keenly discusses the plans for his garden, and wittily laments the trials of his plants. Beyond the encomium for Paul Valéry and poignant memory of place are passages of exquisite writing, in which Rilke evokes with trademark sensitivity the delicate relationship between the changing seasons and the natural world of his adopted region. We also witness the loving relationship evolve between these sometime-fugitive correspondents and how questions of solitariness and companionship impinge on one who faces unaccustomed challenges as his health tragically declines. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRainer Maria Rilke\u003c\/b\u003e (1875-1926) is considered one of the most important German-language poets of the modern age. Rilke succumbed to leukemia at Val-Mont, Montreux in December 1926. \u003cb\u003eWill Stone\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, essayist, and literary translator based in Suffolk, England. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763857817888,"sku":"9781803093345","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/88337652c6b560a0a5b0d4d55ec8e86e.webp?v=1780240362","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/letters-around-a-garden-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}